2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 94
Bradley Weaver
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 267
- Hometown:
- Hilliard, Ohio
- High School:
- Hilliard Darby
- Major:
- Labor and Employment Relations
2024 First Team All-MAC
2024 MAC Championship Defensive Player of the Game
2024 Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
2024 Academic All-MAC Team
2023 Academic All-MAC Team
2025 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with seven starts at defensive end ... totaled 25 tackles with 5.5 for loss ... led the team with 2.5 sacks ... had multiple stops in nine games ... added a pass breakup ... picked up a tackle-for-loss versus Penn State (11/29) ... contributed 1.5 tackles-for-loss at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) ... broke up a pass in win over Maryland (11/8) ... in on two stops in win at Purdue (10/25) ... picked up a tackle-for-loss against No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... notched a pair of tackles in start at Washington (10/10) ... recorded two sacks at Minnesota (9/27) ... in on a sack versus Norfolk State (9/13) ... added two stops against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... posted a season-high five tackles in Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28).
2024 (Senior at Ohio): Started 13 games at defensive end … named First Team All-MAC … selected to the Ted Hendricks Award watch list, which honors the top defensive end in college football … totaled 44 tackles with multiple stops in 11 games … led the team with 15.0 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks … in on a tackle in the backfield in 11 different games … ranked second in the MAC and No. 26 nationally with 0.65 sacks per game … added three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal … named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second time … served a team captain … in on a sack on five tackles with a fumble recovery in the Cure Bowl win over Jacksonville State (12/20) … named Defensive Player of the Game in the MAC Championship victory over Miami (Ohio) (12/7) after posting 1.5 tackles-for-loss … forced a fumble and had two tackles-for-loss versus Ball State (11/29) … collected 1.5 tackles-for-loss and a forced fumble at Toledo (11/20) … had a season-high six stops with for loss against Eastern Michigan (11/13) … added a sack against Buffalo (10/26) … recorded five tackles with one for loss at Central Michigan (10/12) … contributed two sacks versus Akron (9/28) … forced a fumble against South Alabama (9/7) … notched a sack on five stops at Syracuse (8/31).
2023 (Junior at Ohio): Played in 13 games with 12 starts at defensive end … totaled 34 tackles with 13 for loss, six sacks and a forced fumble … ranked eighth in the MAC with 0.46 sacks per game … had multiple stops in each of the last eight games … named to the Academic All-MAC Team … had three tackles-for-loss with two sacks and a forced fumble in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win over Georgia Southern (12/16) … in on 2.5 tackles-for-loss against Central Michigan (11/15) … collected a sack on two tackles in the backfield at Buffalo (11/7) … contributed a sack at Northern Illinois (10/14) … notched a season-high six tackles with two sacks versus Kent State (10/7) … in on a tackle-for-loss against Iowa State (9/16) … posted three tackles at FAU (9/9).
2022 (Sophomore at Ohio): Played in six games with one start at defensive end … totaled 14 tackles with 0.5 for loss, a pass breakup and two fumble recoveries … broke up a pass and recovered a fumble at Kent State (10/1) … in on a tackle-for-loss on four tackles against Fordham (9/24) … recovered a fumble in first career start at Iowa State (9/17) … contributed two stops at Penn State (9/10) … posted two tackles versus FAU (9/3).
2021 (Freshman at Ohio): Played in four games … totaled 10 tackles with one for loss … had a season-high four stops at Bowling Green (10/26) … in on three stops against Toledo (11/16) … contributed a tackle-for-loss at Northwestern (9/25) … collected a tackle in collegiate debut at Louisiana (9/16).
Prior to College: Played at Hilliard Darby High School … earned first team all-conference and second team all-district honors ... finished the 2020 season with 27 tackles, 9.5 tackles-for-loss, two sacks, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
Major: Labor and Employment Relations
2024 MAC Championship Defensive Player of the Game
2024 Ted Hendricks Award Watch List
2024 Academic All-MAC Team
2023 Academic All-MAC Team
2025 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with seven starts at defensive end ... totaled 25 tackles with 5.5 for loss ... led the team with 2.5 sacks ... had multiple stops in nine games ... added a pass breakup ... picked up a tackle-for-loss versus Penn State (11/29) ... contributed 1.5 tackles-for-loss at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) ... broke up a pass in win over Maryland (11/8) ... in on two stops in win at Purdue (10/25) ... picked up a tackle-for-loss against No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... notched a pair of tackles in start at Washington (10/10) ... recorded two sacks at Minnesota (9/27) ... in on a sack versus Norfolk State (9/13) ... added two stops against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... posted a season-high five tackles in Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28).
2024 (Senior at Ohio): Started 13 games at defensive end … named First Team All-MAC … selected to the Ted Hendricks Award watch list, which honors the top defensive end in college football … totaled 44 tackles with multiple stops in 11 games … led the team with 15.0 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks … in on a tackle in the backfield in 11 different games … ranked second in the MAC and No. 26 nationally with 0.65 sacks per game … added three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal … named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second time … served a team captain … in on a sack on five tackles with a fumble recovery in the Cure Bowl win over Jacksonville State (12/20) … named Defensive Player of the Game in the MAC Championship victory over Miami (Ohio) (12/7) after posting 1.5 tackles-for-loss … forced a fumble and had two tackles-for-loss versus Ball State (11/29) … collected 1.5 tackles-for-loss and a forced fumble at Toledo (11/20) … had a season-high six stops with for loss against Eastern Michigan (11/13) … added a sack against Buffalo (10/26) … recorded five tackles with one for loss at Central Michigan (10/12) … contributed two sacks versus Akron (9/28) … forced a fumble against South Alabama (9/7) … notched a sack on five stops at Syracuse (8/31).
2023 (Junior at Ohio): Played in 13 games with 12 starts at defensive end … totaled 34 tackles with 13 for loss, six sacks and a forced fumble … ranked eighth in the MAC with 0.46 sacks per game … had multiple stops in each of the last eight games … named to the Academic All-MAC Team … had three tackles-for-loss with two sacks and a forced fumble in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win over Georgia Southern (12/16) … in on 2.5 tackles-for-loss against Central Michigan (11/15) … collected a sack on two tackles in the backfield at Buffalo (11/7) … contributed a sack at Northern Illinois (10/14) … notched a season-high six tackles with two sacks versus Kent State (10/7) … in on a tackle-for-loss against Iowa State (9/16) … posted three tackles at FAU (9/9).
2022 (Sophomore at Ohio): Played in six games with one start at defensive end … totaled 14 tackles with 0.5 for loss, a pass breakup and two fumble recoveries … broke up a pass and recovered a fumble at Kent State (10/1) … in on a tackle-for-loss on four tackles against Fordham (9/24) … recovered a fumble in first career start at Iowa State (9/17) … contributed two stops at Penn State (9/10) … posted two tackles versus FAU (9/3).
2021 (Freshman at Ohio): Played in four games … totaled 10 tackles with one for loss … had a season-high four stops at Bowling Green (10/26) … in on three stops against Toledo (11/16) … contributed a tackle-for-loss at Northwestern (9/25) … collected a tackle in collegiate debut at Louisiana (9/16).
Prior to College: Played at Hilliard Darby High School … earned first team all-conference and second team all-district honors ... finished the 2020 season with 27 tackles, 9.5 tackles-for-loss, two sacks, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
Major: Labor and Employment Relations
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